[Pkg-electronics-devel] ardiuno-builder

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 03:06:58PM -0300, Ignacio Losiggio wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here a proposal, feel free to come with another proposal
> >
> >  We all join the mailinglist of the debian electronics team
> 
> I've joined yesterday, seems like a perfectly reasonable idea :)
> 

So now here at this mailinglist

> > > > What's the correct way of removing a file from upstream?
> >
> > See https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/debian/git.html#repack
> > for inspiration.
> 
> Thanks for the message! I will look into it when i start polishing my
> package.
> 
> I've tested the running arduino on other desktop environment and it worked
> w/o graphical bugs! (It seems that java doesn't like dwm). There are a lot
> of things to patch (arduino looks for arduino-builder in it's own folder,
> searches the libraries on hardcoded directories, etc) and some of my
> patches aren't ideal.


I think^Wassume Arduino Developer do their best
and I agree it is a strange choice to put an executable in it's own folder.

So yes, patches to the rescue.

Please be aware that non ideal patches  are waaayyyy better then no patch  :-)


> What's the status on the builder and similar dependencies?

"work in progress"  is the best point of view


How has what is unclear.  Along the way we have the puzzle together.
We, whoever we is, are now on this mailinglist. Collecting of puzzles pieces
is just started.

Those who have such parts, should report it  themself.

"Hi
"
"At URL...
"is a piece for arduino packaging
"please review
"
"your peer


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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